I had this life for about 5 years. It was very nice at times but at other times it was solitary and boring. I never really connected with the local community (there were many crazy leftists, albeit they were louder than they were popular) and the rest of my family was hours away and it was hard to get my friends to visit. It was also difficult to be holed up with my wife 24/7 because there wasn't much for her to do outside of the house. Winter nights were especially difficult as there wasn't anything to do except watch TV. Not saying don't do it, there were a lot of rewarding elements, but go live in a house like this for 6 months to see if you like it first.
Nozyedys 0 points 7 months ago
I had this life for about 5 years. It was very nice at times but at other times it was solitary and boring. I never really connected with the local community (there were many crazy leftists, albeit they were louder than they were popular) and the rest of my family was hours away and it was hard to get my friends to visit. It was also difficult to be holed up with my wife 24/7 because there wasn't much for her to do outside of the house. Winter nights were especially difficult as there wasn't anything to do except watch TV. Not saying don't do it, there were a lot of rewarding elements, but go live in a house like this for 6 months to see if you like it first.